A couple years ago he authored about a chase scene that involved a military police jeep driven by mickey rooney that chased a car driven by bob hope. In this 1953 film he plays a guy managing an upandcoming young boxer. Hope plays the manager of boxing champ stanley clements, who has just received his draft notice. Unfortunately, bradley just got drafted into the army. The onscreen title is military policemen, which was replaced as the films title after the movie was tradeshown and just before the release. These can be distinguished from the similar 1951 lids because the 1951 lids say colored instead of large in that line. Off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie director. The paper size is approximately 11 x 17 inches 28cm x 44cm. During the film in the training scene where theyre putting the jeep through the course, the stunt man playing.
Bob hope plays a boxing trainer who loses his one and only champion to the draft and decides to enlist, so he could keep an eye on his prized fighter. Hogans gangster partners convince hogan to enlist in the army in order to keep an eye on their fighter. Original italian 2 fogli poster 39x55 for the george marshall comedy, off limits 1953 starring bob hope, mickey rooney, and marilyn maxwell. Houdini is a 1953 american technicolor film biography from paramount pictures, produced by george pal and berman swarttz, directed by george marshall, that stars then husbandandwife tony curtis and janet leigh. The dixie lids from 1951 through 1953 show the picture area with a squared off bottom instead of a full circle. Bob hope and mickey rooney make a good team in off limits. Buy off limits movie posters from movie poster shop. In the film off limits 1953, bob hope plays fast talking ladies man wally hogan, a boxing managertrainer whos fighter, bullet bradley, just won the lightweight championship. Tcmdb archive materials view all archives 0 dvds from tcm shop.
Original off limits 1952 movie poster in vf condition. The condition of this item is brand new mint condition. Olive films, who gets to handle all those cool paramount library titles, has released off limits, the 1953 boxingservice comedy that featured the only bigscreen costar pairing of hope with equally legendary mickey rooney importantly. Original off limits 1952 movie poster in vf condition for. Although this original war of the worlds has woefully dated production values, the movie really is topnotch when it comes to telling a story.
Bob hope plays wally hogan, a womanizing boxing trainer who follows his champion prize fighter into the u. Jeep chase seen from the 1953 movie off limits ewillys. Gangster marvin miller strongarms hope into enlisting himself to keep tabs on clements. Off limits 1953 bob hope bluray new 887090071505 ebay. Btoff limits,off limitsbt,off limits1080p,off limits720p. One sheet poster for the george marshall comedy, off limits 1953 starring bob hope, mickey rooney, and marilyn maxwell. By 1953, the micks film career was in a steep decline, as well that. Little lord fauntleroy 1936 in late nineteenth century. A conniving fight manager bob hope lands in the army and humors a boxer mickey rooney whose aunt marilyn maxwell owns a nightclub. The paper size is approximately 27 x 40 inches 69cm x 102cm. Off limits was a 1953 movie staring bob hope and mickey rooney.
The special effects, which were cuttingedge in 1953, now seem hokey, but for viewers who have an appreciation of older films, or who are interested in film history, this scifi classic is a mustsee. Original off limits 1952 movie poster in c7 condition for. Off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie youtube. Jul 07, 2012 in the film off limits 1953, bob hope plays fast talking ladies man wally hogan, a boxing managertrainer whos fighter, bullet bradley, just won the lightweight championship. A screwball comedy classic about bob, a boxing trainer, who enlists in the army when his champ gets drafted. Off limits is a 1953 comedy film directed by george marshall and starring bob hope, mickey rooney and marilyn maxwell. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Tcm messageboards post your comments here add your comment share. Staring krissy lynn, cassidy klein, dahlia sky and keira nicole. Read the full synopsis of off limits, 1953, directed by george marshall, with bob hope, mickey rooney, marilyn maxwell, at turner classic movies. Off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie duration. Bob hope was a huge movie star in the 1940s and 1950s for paramount. In the film off limits 1953, bob hope plays fast talking ladies man wally hogan, a boxing managertrainer whos fighter, bullet bradley, just. Original off limits 1952 movie poster in c7 condition.
Hope plays a manager who enlists in the army to keep an eye on his boxer, who has been drafted. Ive never seen the movie, but blogger robby cress has seen it and likes it. Off limits 1953 cast and crew a conniving fight manager bob hope lands in the army and humors a boxer mickey rooney whose aunt marilyn maxwell owns a nightclub. Off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie. Jul 28, 2014 off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie director.
The picture was written by hal kanter and jack sher, and was released in the uk as military policemen, as the characters played by hope and rooney join the military police. This movie was well done not sure why it was not televised like the other bob hope. Original movie poster for off limits 1953 25514 original italian 2 fogli poster 39x55. He is the managertrainer of bullet bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Off limits falls somewhere in the middle of typical hope efforts from this. Off limits 1952 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sep 09, 2016 off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie director. Released 1953, off limits stars bob hope, mickey rooney, marilyn maxwell, eddie mayehoff the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Off limits is the first and only teaming of comedy legends bob hope my favorite spy and mickey rooney the atomic kid. Its military mayhem when boxing trainer bob hope reluctantly joins the army so he can keep an eye on his recently drafted protege. The 1953 set contains a line that says save any 12 dixie movie lids for a large picture of me. Off limits 1953 movie moviefone a conniving fight manager bob hope lands in the army and humors a boxer mickey rooney whose aunt marilyn maxwell owns a nightclub. No pinholes or tape and has never been hung or displayed. Off limits style c 1953 single sided, decorative wall poster print.
Comedy movies films nevada desert jerry lewis the past survival public. The films screenplay, based upon the life of magician and escape artist harry houdini, is by philip yordan, based on the book houdini by harold kellock. Off limits 1953 film, a comedy film starring bob hope and mickey rooney off limits 1988 film, a mysterythriller film starring willem dafoe and gregory hines off limits tv series, a 2011 tv series on the travel channel starring don wildman off limits album, a 1971 album by the kenny clarkefrancy boland big band off limits anthology, a 1997 collection of. Stuck in khaki when the fighter is discharged, hope agrees to help private mickey rooney learn the ropes, but only because hes interested in rooneys singer aunt. Off limits is a fastpaced, suspense and frequently very violent thriller with a screenplay that is full of misleading twists, false leads and red herrings, like a legitimate and compelling. At age 50, bob hope was getting a bit too long in tooth for frenzied farces like off limits, but his surplus of energy makes up for his chronological unsuitability.
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